Police Promotion to Senior Superintendent General... Yujin-gyu Ulsan Chief & Choi Seung-ryeol Gangwon Chief (Update)

Yoon Hee-geun, Director of Autonomous Police Cooperation Policy at the National Police Agency, and 2 Others Promoted to Commissioner General

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] On the 1st, the government carried out promotions for senior police officials, including promoting Yoo Jin-gyu, Chief of Ulsan Police Agency, and Choi Seung-ryeol, Chief of Gangwon Police Agency, to the rank of Commissioner General.

In previous years, appointments to positions were made along with promotions to Commissioner General, but due to the autonomous police system implemented from July this year, appointments of city and provincial police chiefs require consultation with each city and provincial autonomous police committee, so only the promotion announcements were made first.

The Commissioner General is the rank directly below the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency (Chief Commissioner) and is considered a potential candidate pool for the next National Police Agency Commissioner General. Among the 130,000 police officers nationwide, there are only seven at this level, including the Deputy Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, Chiefs of Seoul, Gyeonggi Nambu, Busan, and Incheon Police Agencies, the President of the Police University, and the Director of the National Investigation Headquarters.

Additionally, three individuals have been promoted and appointed to the rank of Commissioner, who will be assigned as city and provincial police chiefs, National Police Agency directors, and Deputy Chiefs of the Seoul Police Agency: Yoon Hee-geun, Policy Officer for Autonomous Police Cooperation at the National Police Agency; Yoo Jae-sung, Forensic Investigation Manager at the National Investigation Headquarters; and Song Byung-il, Head of Investigation at the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency.

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